Optical recorder



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OPTICAL RECORDER Filed Sept. 16, 1942 8 Sheets-Sheet 8 a m 4 m z w I M a/ 4 2 H A A A A A A A A 2 L L L L \m L L a a m a 3 M M 3 5 e A c w, w 2 5 0 M. 6 6 d e 9 l 5 M M M 5 6 M n 2 a G A. M M rw 2 2 2 F 7 x F M W a e 6 Y 7 0 7 0 M w w w B M. M M. 0., 2 2 m E Q Q a. 0 0 8 7 8 0 I, M 2 2 2 A m ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 1, 1946 2,392,224 OPTICAL RECORDER James W. Bryce, Glen Ridge, N. 3., 3881mmto International Busln ess Machines Corporation,-

New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application September 16, 1942, Serial No. 458,513 Claims. (Ci. 95-85) This invention relates to a photographic typewriting machine.

One object of the invention is to provide a typewriting machine by which a line of information can be set up for verification before recording, corrected if necessary, and then recorded.

A machine constructed in accordance with the principle of my invention is operated like an ordinary typewriter, except that the record is not made as the keys are struck, but after a whole line has been set up by operation of the keys, inspected, and corrected if necessary. The entire line is then recorded at once by photographic means.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a machine of the kind described by which corrections of single characters can be made with.

facility either during the operationof the keyboard or after an entire line has been set up.

Another object is to provide a machine of the character stated having stationary keyboard and recording mechanisms; the characters being set up one at a time as the keyboard is operated, by means of a progressively movable mechanism interposed between the keyboard and the recording mechanism.

Other objects of the invention will be pointed out in the following description and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose, by way of example, the principle of the invention and the best mode, which has been contemplated, of applying that principle.

In the drawings;

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine with (parts of the casing broken away.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a part of the machine on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 showing a bottom plan view of the keyboard, reduced in width by removal of a central portion thereof.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line B-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. '7 is a horizontal section on the line l--'| of Fig. 3 showing the escapemen-t mechanism.

' Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 5 showing a part of the back spacing mechanism.

Fig. 9 is a detail view on a large scale of a portion of the mechanism for releasing the character setup units.

Fig. 10 is a vertical section on the line lO-II of Fig. 6 taken longitudinally through one of the character setup units.

Fig. 11 is an elevational view of a portion of the casing near the recording unit, showing the verifying window and its shutter operating means.

Fig. 12 is a horizontal section through the photographic recording unit.

FigZ-13 is a vertical section on the line I 3-13 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a diagram of the permutation or shutter slides and the character slide of one of the setup units.

Fig. 15 is a wiring diagram.

The general arrangement and principal parts of the machine will first be described by reference to Figs. 1 and 2. A keyboard in is stationarily mounted upon a frame ll behind which is located a character setup mechanism i2. The latter is operated by a setting mechanism l3 mounted on a carriage l4 having a rolling support upon the rear portion of the frame. The character setup mechanism comprises a plurality of similar, independent units, each capable of setting up any one of the whole complement of characters which may be used to composethe record. There is a unit for each letter space across the record and the setting mechanism acts upon them individually, one after another as the keys are struck, to set up corresponding characters. The character setup mechanism projects a line of character images upon a translucent screen 15, which may be an elongated strip of ground glass. Between the character setup mechanism I 2 and the screen I5 is an inverted hopper-shaped casing i6 which excludes all light from the screen 15 except that transmitted through the character setup mechanism l2 by a light source comprising a tubular lamp I8 located at the focal line of a troughshaped parabolic reflector ll. The casing extends above the screen IS in the form of a narrow box l9, upon the top of which is mounted a photographic recording unit 20.

In the front side of the casing I9 is an elongated verifying window 2l, in which is positioned a prism 22. The window is closed by a shutter 23 during the recording by the camera 20 of the image on the screen I5, but at other times the shutter is raised and the screen can be viewed through the window 2|.

The machine is operated similarly to an ordinary typewriter, except that the characters are not recorded as the keys are struck, but are set up for verification of a complete line through the window 2| and then recorded, any necessary corrections being made before the recordation,

During the setting up operation, the shutter 23 Character setup mechanism Referring now to Figs. 5, 6, 10 and 14. each unit 39 of the character setup mechanism consists of a pack of slides, namely, a character slide 8|, and

.six shutter slides 32 individually identified by the suflixes a, b, c, d, e and J. The slides are guided and supported in a framework comprising a stack of eight window plates 25 which extend across the full width of the setup mechanism. The upper sides of the plates 25, except the top plate 25a, have milled slots 21 separated from each other by ribs 26 and forming individual channels for the slides 3| and 32. The slides have free longitudinal movement in these channels. At the rear end of the slides there are individual, serpentine, compression springs 36 which bias them to a forward limit position determined by the abutment of one end of a slot 31 in each slide against the downwardly extending end of a spring wire detent 38. The detents 38 are supported by screws 33 upon a frame member 35, and there is one detent for each unit of ,the setup mechanism. The frame member 35 supports the front end of the window plates 25, while the rear end is held in a frame member 34.

The window plates 25 have rows of windows 24 along the channels 21, the windows of the superimposed plates being vertically aligned to form a series of light transmitting apertures 28 for each the lamp I8 and the'screen I5 having parallel faces and the prisms to the front and to the rear of this plane having faces at progressively larger angles. The prisms bend the rays transmitted through the apertures of the setup units, in differing degrees, depending upon the distance of the prism from the aforesaid axial plane, so that all the images. will be projected onto the screen IS in a single line.

The setting mechanism Referring now to Figs. 2, 3, 5 'and 6, the carriage It comprises a bottom plate 50 on which are joumalled two sets of rollers 5| and 52, which travel uponsuitable guide flanges of the frame II, to guide the carriage for movement along the row of character setup units. Mounted on the carriage at the level of the character setup slides is a group of seven interposer slides 53, individually identified by suifixes a, b, c, d, e, j, and g.

These slides are guided in combs 54 which form part of a bracket 55 secured to the bottom plate 50 of the carriage. Each interposer slide has a rearwardly projecting tongue 56 to coact with the related shutter slide 32, or the character slide 3|. The tongues 56 of all the interposer slides are vertically aligned so as to act at one time upon the slides of one setup unit. The interposer slides have also forwardly extending tongues 58 which are relatively staggered, as seen in Fig. 5. Each tongues 58 has a longitudinal slot to receive an actuating lever 59. These actuating levers are pivoted upon a common shaft 60 supported by a bracket 5| mounted on the bracket 55 and are individually identified by suffixes a, b, c, d, e, f,

and a. Each actuating lever has a stabilizing arm 62 connected to it by a yoke 53. Between each lever 59 and its arm 62 there is located a collar 58 fixed to the shaft 60 bya screw 55, which extends unit of the setup mechanism. The character out to provide an anchor for a spring 56. The

slides 3| are all identical and are opaque, with transparent areas in the forms of the different characters distributed along their length. Such a slide can be made of a transparent plastic suitother end of the spring is hooked into a hole 61 in the yoke 63 and tends to rock the lever 59 counterclockwise (Fig. 3).

) Between the lower ends of the lever 59 and the ably imprinted with an opaque coating on the related arm 62 an actuating cam 58 is revolubly which are normally aligned with the apertures 28, while others are aligned with related apertures by setting the slide to the rear. From the diagram of the slides in Fig. 14, it can be seen that in each possible combinational setting of the shutter slides not more than one aperture 28 will be unblocked, to trans-illuminate the character aligned therewith. By varying the settings it is possible to set up any one of the characters. The arrow A indicates the direction in which the slides are shifted from their normal position shown. With all the slides in normal position no character is set up, and this-is also true of the condition when shutter slides c, d, e and f mounted on a small shaft 59. The cam cooperates with a constantly running driving roller 10 in a manner familiar to those skilled in the electric typewriter art. The particular cams shown in this case are of the doubletype, that is, they make one-half revolution for each operation,

. the two halves of the cam periphery being idenilever H, which stands in the path of 9. lug 58a tical. The cams are normally held in the inoperative position shown by a detent lia' of a stop on the cam 53. The lever H is rockably mounted upon a small shaft I3 extending across the space between the related lever 59 and its stabilizing arm 52. A small spring 14 anchored upon a rearwardly extending arm 15 of the lever 59 and hooked into the latch lever I i normally holds the latch lever against a stop 15 on the operating lever 59. A link 11 hooked in a slot 18 of the latch lever ll connects'the latter to a lever I9 pivoted at 9| upon a solenoid 80. The lever 19 is connected to the armature 82 of the solenoid, so as to be moved downward by the armature when the electromagnet is energized. There are six solenoids 80 individually identified by the sufare set, a condition utilized for a purpose to be 70 fixes a, b, c, d. e, and f, associated respectively referred to later.

' Above the top window plate 25a is a panel of prisms 45 extending crossways of the slides. The cross section angles of the prism are graduated,

with the operating levers 59a to 59f, and a seventh solenoid UC associated in a similar manner with the operating lever 59g, which controls the character slide. The counterclockwise movement of the prism on the axial Plane extending through the latch lever II when the related solenoid is energized releases the detent 'IIa from the lug Ila of the related cam 88 and places the detent 'Ilb in the path of a second lug 88b. While the cam 88 stands in idle position, a starting lever I2 pivoted on the small shaft I3 is biased against a pin 880 of the cam 88 by a spring 83. One end of the spring extends into a hole in a lug 12a of the lever I2, while the other end of the spring extends through a hole 84 in the yoke 88. The spring tends to rock the lever I2 clockwise and, when the cam" is released,.the lever I2 will turn the cam far enough to make contact with the driving roller I0. The resulting half turn of the cam against the driving roller rocks the related lever 59 clockwise and throws the corresponding interposer slide to the rear, setting the appurtenant shutter slide, or the character slide. During the rotary movement of the cam 88 by the roller I the second pin 58d swings out the lever I2 against the force of spring 83. The lever 12, urged by its spring 83 and bearing against the pin 88d, completes the movement of the cam after the latter leaves the roller I0, bringing the lug 88b against the detent 'IIb, and eventually against the detent I la, when the lever II returns to normal position. The lever 59 is restored by the spring 88 and retracts the related interposer 53.

The carriage movement during the setting up operation is controlled by an escapement mechanism, which will be described with particular reference to Figs. 3, and "I. A shaft 90 journalled in the bracket 55 and the bottom plate 50 has fixed to it a spur gear 8| meshing with a rack 82 on the face of one of the cross bars 83 of the frame. The lower end of the shaft 30 has fixed to it the inner end of a coil spring 94, the outer end of which is anchored to a stationary post 95 on the bottom plate 50. The spring is housed in a casing 95 fixed to the bottom plate 50. The carriage is pulled toward the right by the spring, its movement being controlled by an escapement mechanism comprising an escapement wheel 98 revolubly mounted on shaft 90. A pawl 89 pivoted on the escapement wheel 98 is held by a spring I00 in engagement with aratchet wheel IOI fixed upon the shaft 90. The shaft 80, under influence of the spring 94 thus tends to rotate the escapement wheel 98 through the pawl 88 in clockwise direction as seen in Fig. 7. The movement is controlled by an escapement dog comprising a rocking plate I 03 pivoted on center screws I04 and having pivoted thereon at I05 a free dog I08 biased in a clockwise direction by a spring MI. The end of the free dog I08 cooperates with the teeth of ratchet wheel 98 in one position of the rocking plate I03, while in another position of the rocking plate a fixed (10g on the plate I08, directly above the free dog, stands in front of the adjacent tooth of the ratchet wheel. Standing up from the rocking plate I03 is a bail I08 having a universal bar I08 which stands behind the lower ends of the actuating levers 59a to 59f. The lever 599 does not coact with the universal bar. The operation of any actuating lever 59a to 53f will rock the plate I03 counterclockwise (Fig. 3), releasing the free dog I06 from the escapement wheel 98 and placing the fixed dog in front of the same tooth. The free dog thereupon swings to a position where it will move in front of the next tooth of the escapement wheel when the plate I03 rocks back to normal position. At this time the fixed dog moves out from in front of the tooth of the escapement wheel and the free dog is carried against the stop I03a of the rocking plate by the next tooth of the escapement wheel, allowing the escapement wheel to move one step. Retrograde The keyboard The selective energization of the solenoids a to 80f and UC is controlled by the keyboard I0, the details of which are shown particularly in Figs. 1, 3 and 4. Key levers I25 are pivoted upon a rod I26 supported by a bracket I2I which is fixed to the top of a stepped frame I28. The key bars are individually guided by their front ends in a comb I29 mounted on the frame I28 and are held up against the top of the comb slots by springs I3I anchored to a cross plate of the bracket I2I. Below the key bars there is a nested set of bails I30, individually identified by sufiixes a, b, c, d, e, ,f, g, h, 1'. These bails are supported by pivots I32 on the frame I28 and their cross bars extend across the full width of the keyboard. The key bars I25 are provided with downwardly extending lugs I 25.1: positioned so as to strike the cross bars of balls in combinations individual to each key. These combinations conform to the diagram of Fig. 14, the balls I30a to I30! being associated respectively with the shutter slides 32a to 32 The keyboard includes a space bar I33, with lugs I25m positioned to operate the balls I300, I30d, I306, and I30j. This combination results in a blank setting of the set up unit operated, while actuating the escapement mechanism for a one step movement. The function of the bails I30g to I301 will be explained presently. Beneath the balls are contact operating bars I35 slidably mounted at their front ends in frame members I35, I31 and guided at their rear ends between a plate I39 and a shoulder I44a of a bar of insulating material I44 mounted to the frame I28. The bars I35 are biased toward the front by springs I38 anchored to the bottom edge of the comb I29. The number of slides I35 corresponds to the number of bails I30a to I301 and they are arranged in two groups located under the side arms of the bails. Each ball has a single downwardly extending finger ,I4I on one of its side arms, engaging in a corresponding slot in the slide I35 associated with it. The finger I of the bail I3'0a is on the right side arm of the bail (lower side arm in the bottom plan view of Fig. 4) and engages the slide I35a, which is the inner one of the right hand group. The finger I4I of the bail I30b is on the left side arm of the bail'and engages the slide I35b, which is the inner one of the left hand group. Thus the connections between the bails and the slides alternate from side to side. Each slide carries an insulating piece I42 upon which is mounted a bridging contact member I43. The contact members I43 coact with contact members molded into the bar I44. The bar I44 has the following contact members molded into it: A long contact member I45 having a. terminal I45X can be connected by the bridging contact members I43 of the slides I35a to I35) to respective contact members I46a to I461. The contact I46 can be connected by contact I63 of the slide I35gto a contact I41, which is connected by a wire I68 to a contact I69. The'contact I69 can be connected by contact I43 of slide 1957:. to a contact I69.

The contact I45 can be connected by the contact The photographic recording unit sprockets I61 and I68. Another shaft I69 affords a support for a takeup film spool I19. Shaft I65 has fast to it a ratchet I" (see Fig. 13) and a driving gear I12. Driving gear I12 is geared to an intermediate gear I13 which in turn is geared to a gear I19 fixed on shaft I66. .A suitable belt and pulley drive connection is provided from a pulley I fixed toshaft I65, to the takeup spool pulley I16, on shaft I69. Shaft I66 is slotted at this end to receive a winding key generally designated I11 in Fig. 12 and which is normally in inoperative position as shown. Suitably carried by the assembly plate I62 is a shutter and film feed operating solenoid I89. The solenoid I89, when energized, is adapted to throw an actuating member I9I and trip the shutter member I6I. I8I is spring restored as shown and upon restoring movement a pawl I82 actuates the film feed to advance a film a line space. A spring detent I 83 may be used to prevent retrograde movement of ratchet I1I.

Referring again to Fig. 2, within the camera housing there is provided a pivoted film lever I89 which is spring held in contact with the film supply roll. When the film is exhausted, member I86 swings counterclockwise to such an extent that contacts I85, which may be termed the film lever contacts, open. The camera assembly is provided with a suitably removable housing or cover generally designated I86 in Fig. 13. The removable cover is held in position on the back plate by means of a pair of knurled thumb screws I81. The. film, which is provided with the usual feeding sprocket holes and designated I68 in Fig. 12, passes under the first two of a pair of film guides designated I99, thence through a film gate generally designated I9I (see also Fig. 2), thence under another pair of film guides I92. The film guides I99 and I92 and the film gate I9I are mounted .on the assembly plate I62.

The camera is first loaded with the cover I86 removed. The cover is then replaced and then upon energization of I89 a section of film is exposed. Upon deenergization of I89, film feed is provided for a line space and a new section of unexposed film is brought to the film gate. When the film is exhausted, the film lever contacts open and the operation stops. The operator then depresses the windup key I11 and winds the remaining section of the film onto the takeup reel I19. The film may then be removed and the camera reloaded.

In the use of a recording m chine incorporating the present improvements, each roll of mm 1 after exposure would be-removed from the recorded unit and then developed. After "development, fixing and drying, printedenlargements of any desired size or length can be made as desired. Duplicate copies in any desired number can also be printed. The steps need not be further described as they are all well known.

Verifying window The shutter 29 (Figs. 2 and 11) or the verifying window 2I is guided for vertical movement in guides I93. Two levers I96 and I96 pivoted at I96 and I91, respectively, have at their extremities pins I96 engaging slots I99 in the shutter 23. The lever I is fixed to its pivot shaft I91, which extends through the front wall of the box I9 and has secured to its outer end an operating arm 2M. The levers I99 and I95 are interconnected by gear teeth 292 and are normally held with their outer endsin their raised position by a spring 296 (Fig. 1) connected to the operating arm 29I. A solenoid 299, when energized, rocks the operating arm 29I counterclockwise and lowers the shutter 23. A button I951; on lever I95 closes contacts 299 when the shutter 23 reaches the bottom limit of its movement. This starts the recording operation, as will be described presently.

Carriage return anism is set in operation by a solenoid 291. The

bottom end of actuating lever 296 is pivotally connected by a pin 296a to a bell crank lever 298 pivoted to the frame at 299. The rearwardly extending arm of the bell crank lever lies under a lever 2I9 pivoted to the frame at 2. The lever 2I9 has toggle connection through a link 2I2 to a lever 2I3 pivoted at 2M to the frame. The upper end of lever 2I3 bears against a clutch operating member 2I5 adapted to clutch a spool 2I6 to the constantly rotating shaft of the roller 19. The spool 2 I6 has wrapped around it a tape 2I8, which is guided over a roller H9 and hooked to the bottom plate 59 of the carriage I 4. Upon excitation of the solenoid 291 the cam 295 is tripped against the roller 19 and makes one revolution, during which the operating lever 296 rocks first counterclockwise and then clockwise. The bell crank lever 298 lifts the toggle lever 2H! and engages the clutch of the spool 2I6. The carriage is pulled to the left, until an operating arm 229 strikes the end of an arm 22I pivoted upon the shaft 2| I and connected by a spring 222 to the lever 2I9. The lever 2I9 is rocked counterclockwise, breaking the toggle and releasing the clutch of the spool 2I6.

The pin 296a at the lower extremity of lever 296 has connected to it a link 269, the oppositev Back spacer The back-spacing mechanism is shown particularly in Figs. 3, 5, 7 and 8. It is operated by a cam 225 coacting with the constantly driven roller 10, upon excitation of a solenoid 228. The cam is mounted upon an operating lever 221 and has control mechanism similar to that pertaining to the cams B8. The operating lever 22! is fixed to a rock shaft 210 pivotally mounted in the frame of the machine. Near the oppositeend of shaft 210 is fixed an arm 2' and to the bottom ends of the arm 2' and lever 2217 there are pivotally attached links 228 articulated at their rear ends to a universal bar 229 slidably guided in slots 212 in the frame of the machine. The universal bar 229 stands in" front of a lug 230a of a lever 220 freely pivoted on shaft Bil which lever engages at its lower end a plate 2M (Figs. 7 and 8) slidably mounted upon studs 232 anchored to thebottom plate 50 of the carriage. The end of lever 230 bears against a bell crank lever 233 pivoted at 234 on the plate 235 and biased in counterclockwise direction (Fig. 8) by a spring 235. Bell crank lever 233 has at its extrer'iity a series of rack teeth 2%, which stand ready to engage the spur gear 9I. Upon engagement of the back-spacing cam 225 with the roller 10, the lever 230 is thrown to the left (Fig. 3) and first rocks the lever 233 to engage its teeth with the gear SI, then by movement of the plate I, rotates the gear 8| suiflciently to move the carriage back one space, as the pawl 99 ratchets over ratchet wheel IOI. The back-space mechanism is restored to normal position as the cam 225 completes one-half revolution.

Operation and circuit diagram Referring now to Fig. 15, the circuits of the machine are supplied from line wires 240 and 2 through switch arms 242 making connection with wires 243 and 244. and the motor M is started. This motor drives the roller III through mechanism not disclosed herein, but fully described in Patent No. 2,104,559. When a film is installed in the camera, the contacts I85 are closed, connecting the wire 244 througha wire 245 to the contact bar I45. Now the operation of any one of the character keys will actuate the appropriate bails I30 and move the contact members I43 of the corresponding slides I35 into engagement with the corresponding contacts I45. Circuits will thus be established through wires246, contact bars I22, wipers I20, wires 241, solenoids 80, wire 248, wiper I2I and the corresponding contact bar I 22 to Wire 243. The energized solenoids will shift the appropriate shutter slides 32, setting up a character upon the setup unit in front of which the tongues 56 of the interposer slides 53 stand. If the first character is to be an upper case characte one of the case shift keys 249 will be operated. shifting the contact member I 43 associated with the slide I359 and connecting the contact member I41 to the long contact bar I45. This sets up the contact I49 associated with the slide I35h, which is operated by every character key of the keyboard. A circuit will thus be established through the solenoid U and the character slide 3| will be set. 2

The characters are thus set up on the setup mechanism as the keys are operated. In case of error the carriag is returned to operative relation to the setup unit displaying the erroneous character, for instance, by operation of the backspace key 250, which completes an obvious circuit to the back space solenoid 226. The correct key i depressed, automatically releasing the slides .01 that setup unit which were erroneously set and at the same time setting the correct slides. The characters set up are verified in the window 2i, either during the operation of the keys, or when a complete line has been set up. If the line is correct the recording key 25I is operated. Its related ball i305 is locked by the detent I52. The contact member I23 pertaining to the slide I35i is shifted to the contact member I53 and the circuit of the solenoid tee is completed. Energization of this solenoid closes the shutter of the veritying window in the manner previously described. The arrival of the shutter at closed position is accompanied by closure of contacts 204, energizing the camera shutter operating solenoid Iiiii. At the limit of movement of the shutter operating member IN is closes a pair of contacts 253, which completes the following circuits: From wire 265. through wires 25% and 255, contacts 253, wires 25B and 252, carriage return solenoid 2M and detent release solenoid I53, and wires 258 and 259 to wire 263. The carriage is returned and the setup mechanism is restored to normal condition.

While there have been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a single modification, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is the intention therefore to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a photographic recording machine, in combination with a source of light, a plurality of character set-up units positioned side by side. each unit comprising a pack of slides, including a character slide having a complement of trans- The lamp I8 is illuminated illuminable characters thereon, and a plurality of apertured permutation slides between the source of light and said character slide, each permutation slide being individually displaceable longitudinally and the apertures of all the permutation slides of each unit being so positioned that by displacement of the slides of a unit singly and in various combinations every character on the character slide 01' that unit can be individually exposed to said source of light, through aligned apertures of all the slides of the unit, a screen, means for projecting the images of the illuminated characters on the diilerent character slides simultaneously in a common line upon said screen, while maintaining their original lateral positioning on the character slides, and means for selectively displacing permutation slides in the different units, to expose selected characters.

2. In a photographic recording machine, in combination with a source of light, a plurality of character set-up units positioned side by side, each unit comprising a pack of slides, including a character slide having a complement of transilluminable characters thereon, and a plurality of apertured permutation slides between the source of light and said character slide, each permutation slide being individually displaceable longitudinally and the apertures of all the permutation slides of each unit being so positioned that by displacement of the slides of a unit singly and in various combinations every character on the character slide of that unit can be individually exposed to said source of light, through aligned apertures of all the slides of the unit, a screen, means for projecting the images of the illuminatsimultaneously in a common line upon said screen, while maintaining their original lateral tions.

3. In a photographic recording machine, in combination with a source of light, a plurality of character set-up units positioned side by side, each unit comprising a pack of slides, including a character slide having a complement of transilluminable characters thereon, and a plurality of apertured permutation slides between the source of light and said character slide, each permutation slide being individually displaceable longitudinally, and the apertures 01 all the permutation slides of each unit being so positioned that by displacement of the slides of a unit singly and in various combinations every character on the character slide of that unit can be individually exposed to said source of light, through aligned apertures of all the slides of the unit, a screen, means for projecting the images of the illuminated characters on the different character slides simultaneously in a common line upon said screen while maintaining their original lateral positioning on the character slides, means yieldingly urging each permutation slide toward a normal position, means for selectively displacing permutation slides in the different units to set positions, to expose selected characters, said last means comprising a carriage having a. group of setting members thereon for displacing respective pertrolled by said keyboard, and releasable detent means to hold the displaced slides in set posi- I asaaaac ed characters on the diflerent character slides in various combinations every character on the character'slide of that unit can be individually exposed to said source of light, through aligned apertures of all the slides of the unit, a screen, means for projecting the images of the illuminated characters on the diiierent character slides simultaneously in a common line upon said screen while maintainingtheir original lateral positioning on the character slides, means yieldingly urging each permutation slide toward a normal position, means for selectively displacing permutation slides in the diflerent units to set positions, to expose selected characters, said last means comprising a carriage having a group of setting members thereon for displacing respective permutation slides of any unit opposite which the setting members are positioned by movement of the carriage, a keyboard, means controlled by said keyboard selectively to actuate said setting members, carriage positioning means also controlled by said keyboard, and releasable detent means to hold the displaced slides in set position, said detent means being releasable by the setting of another permutation slide of the same unit, whereby an incorrect setting of any character set-up unit can be corrected by moving the carriage to bring the setting members opposite said unit and then operating the correct key of said keyboard.

5. In a photographic recording machine, in combination with a source of light, a plurality of character set-up units positioned side by side, each unit comprising a pack of slides, including a character slide having a complement of transilluminable characters thereon, and a plurality ,that by displacement of the slides of a unit sin- 'gly and in various combinations every character mutation slides of any unit opposite which the I setting members are positioned by movement of the carriage, a driving roll journaled in stationary bearings on an axis parallel to the movement of said carriage, said setting members having elements associated therewith for coaction with said driving roll to actuate said setting members in any position of said carriage, means including a keyboard for controlling the movement-of said carriage and the selective operation of said setting members, and releasable detent means to hold the displaced slides in set positions.

4. In a photographic recording machine, in

on the character slide of that unit can be individually exposed to said source oi light, through aligned apertures of all the slides of the unit, a screen, meansfor projecting the images of the illuminated characters on the diiferent character slidessimultaneously in a common line upon said screen while maintaining their original lateral positioning on the character slides, means yieldingly urging each permutation slide toward a normal position, means for selectively displacing permutation slides in the difierent units to set positions, to expose selected characters, said last means comprising a carriage having thereon a group of actuating members, a, group of electromagnets respectively controlling said actuating members, and a, group of setting members respectively operated by said actuating members, said setting members being adapted to displace respective permutation slides of any unit opposite which the setting members are positioned by movement of the carriage, a keyboard, means controlled thereby to energize said electromagnets individually or in'various combinations, and releasable detent means to hold displaced slides inset positions.

JAMES W. BRYCE. 

